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  • dkgojackets
    Banned
    • Mar 2005
    • 13816

    #1

    Poll: spacing after a sentence

    A very important question which is used to separate the professionals from your run of the mill typing clown.
    48
    one space
    0%
    18
    two spaces
    0%
    28
    wats a sentence
    0%
    2
  • Flyboy
    Daydream Believer
    • Jun 2003
    • 11352

    #2
    Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

    Two spaces.
    Originally posted by EWRMETS
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    • funky_chicken
      MVP
      • Jul 2002
      • 3282

      #3
      Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

      It is two spaces when seperating sentences in any type of written work. There is only one space if using a comma in a sentence.

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      • Brandon13
        All Star
        • Oct 2005
        • 8915

        #4
        Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

        I think we've had this pole/poll before. The boards here automatically put one space after a sentence even if the poster put two. It's magical.

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        • CMH
          Making you famous
          • Oct 2002
          • 26203

          #5
          Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

          It used to be two with typewriters and characters taking up the same width. But, today, with proportionately spaced characters, the usage is no longer necessary.

          It's one space.
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          • pfunk880
            MVP
            • Jul 2004
            • 4452

            #6
            Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

            Originally posted by YankeePride
            It used to be two with typewriters and characters taking up the same width. But, today, with proportionately spaced characters, the usage is no longer necessary.

            It's one space.
            ^^^

            What he said.
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            • p_rushing
              Hall Of Fame
              • Feb 2004
              • 14514

              #7
              Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

              there was already a poll on this

              http://www.operationsports.com/forum...sentences.html

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              • Flyboy
                Daydream Believer
                • Jun 2003
                • 11352

                #8
                Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

                Originally posted by YankeePride
                It used to be two with typewriters and characters taking up the same width. But, today, with proportionately spaced characters, the usage is no longer necessary.

                It's one space.
                Lame. Cool people use two.
                Originally posted by EWRMETS
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                • Beantown
                  #DoYourJob
                  • Feb 2005
                  • 31523

                  #9
                  Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

                  Originally posted by YankeePride
                  It used to be two with typewriters and characters taking up the same width. But, today, with proportionately spaced characters, the usage is no longer necessary.

                  It's one space.
                  Bingo.

                  Two spaces is an outdated practice. Though, every now and then it is a good tool to lengthen a paper if you don't have much to say.

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                  • zodiac52
                    Rookie
                    • Sep 2008
                    • 281

                    #10
                    Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

                    what. is a.. Sentence?
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                    • Acid
                      Mr. Brightside
                      • May 2003
                      • 16954

                      #11
                      Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

                      I use 2 in my essays and 1 everywhere else.
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                      • Sandman42
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Aug 2004
                        • 15186

                        #12
                        Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

                        1 space.
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                        • SPTO
                          binging
                          • Feb 2003
                          • 68046

                          #13
                          Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

                          Two spaces for professional, one everywhere else.
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                          • Beantown
                            #DoYourJob
                            • Feb 2005
                            • 31523

                            #14
                            Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

                            From the MLA handbook (which pretty much every college kid has heard of and most professors and teachers across the country recognize and use - except for those that use APA or something along those lines):

                            "Publications in the United States today usually have the same spacing after a punctuation mark as between words on the same line. Since word processors make available the same fonts used by typesetters for printed works, many writers, influenced by the look of typeset publications, now leave only one space after a concluding punctuation mark. In addition, most publishers' guidelines for preparing a manuscript on disk ask authors to type only the spaces that are to appear in print.

                            Because it is increasingly common for papers and manuscripts to be prepared with a single space after all punctuation marks, this spacing is shown in the examples in the MLA Handbook and the MLA Style Manual. As a practical matter, however, there is nothing wrong with using two spaces after concluding punctuation marks unless an instructor or editor requests that you do otherwise."

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                            • Herbsinator
                              All Star
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 4573

                              #15
                              Re: Pole: spacing after a sentence

                              One space. I Just write way too much stuff to use two.

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